The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

In the Far East, Alex O'Connell, the son of famed mummy fighters Rick and Evy O'Connell, unearths the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin -- a shape-shifting entity cursed by a witch centuries ago. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is the only Mummy film that i haven't watched since the time that it was actually released which is 2008 now 9 years later i can tell you that this movie has aged better in my opinion sure it's over the top and all that but it's still a fun action film with Brendan Fraser and Jet Li steal the show for the most part, speaking of Li i loved his look as the Mummy it was something different, cool looking and above all badass. Rachel Weisz not returning as Evelyn did bug me but Maria Bello is a great actress as well and she does try her best with the material that she was given, the action is indeed a bit more over the top than the previous 2 films with many strange creatures and battles happening, the movie is also a bit way to fast paced and i would have liked a bit more if it explained some stuff and just like with The Mummy and The Mummy Returns the cgi at times are a bit lackluster. In the end The Mummy 3 is a much better sequel that it gets credit for it has Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell for one last time and it continues and also updates the mythology of the Mummy Trilogy and let's all admit it it's far better than Tom Cruise's crappy remake. (8.5/10)

The third and final installment in this Mummy series takes the adventure to a different part of the world while dipping in quality and recasting major characters. The story begins as all the others with a prologue of forbidden romance narrated by the witch Zi Yuan (Michelle Yeoh) about the evil Dragon Emperor (Jet Li). Centuries later, Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) has settled into a simpler life. The recasting of Evelyn (Maria Bello) is a strange thing and feels very off for this installment. Maria Bello is a fine actress but this role was established in previous films and just felt off for this film. Alex (Luke Ford0 has grown up and is on a dig in China. He invades the Tomb of the Dragon Emperor setting off every trap possible and getting nearly all of his coworkers killed, except the old man Roger Wilson (David Calder). He is attacked by a ninja, Lin (Isabella Leong) but escapes. The O'Connells head to Shanghai transporting an artifact back and to see Evelyn's brother Jonathan (John Hannah) who runs a bar. Rick and Alex have a bad relationship as the O'Connells find themselves navigating Post World War II China and being spied on. At the Shanghai Museum, the artifact egg that they brought to Shanghai is stolen by Roger Wilson, General Yang (Anthony Chau-Sang Wong) and used to wake the Emperor.Check out more of this review and others at swilliky.com

I don't consider this movie quite as bad as some have made out. it isn't brilliant but fairly entertaining in places. The special effects were pretty good and the action for the most part not too bad. I don't get others problem with Rachel Wiesz being replaced as her character, played this time by Maria Bello didn't have very much to do.However the movie could have been so much better. It had Jet Li in it, it was set in China, it had some pretty good Martial arts. It had the incredibly good Michelle Yeoh, Russell Wong and Isabella Leong so it had all the ingredients of a great movie, but it just didn't quite get there.I think it hammed it up a bit to much and some of the cgi was silly. It seemed as if the director wasn't sure if he was making a spoof of Mummy/Martial arts films or an action movie, but he didn't do either very well.Silliest part was the Yeti's, there was no point to them and it almost made me turn off (I did watch this on DVD and I did fast forward a lot)I do think one of the problems with Hollywood, is that they never know when to end a series of films, (are we on Rocky 10 yet?) and the sequels seems to come out almost for the sake of it.

5.2 because of what Rachel Weisz was not it. Real? Come on people it was fun and very scary. The Mummy (1999) is better OK. The Mummy returns it also better. But real is not an awful movie. For from it. This is better then The Mummy (1932). It very scary and has a lot action. Brendan Fraser has real interesting. Jet Li play a guy who come back from the dead and can turn into a three headed dragon. And people are worked because some also other then Rachel Weisz played Evelyn the pretty girl in the movie. Big deal. The actors and writes and director. And every one also in the cast and crew worked real hard and did really good job. Rachel Weisz is good actress. But do you no what so is Maria Bello. Brendan Fraser and Jet Li are also great actors. This is not the first movie made without Rachel Weisz and will not be the last. This one of the best horror movies from 2008.